Baldur’s Gate 3 Won So Many Awards That It Caused Larian a Few Problems

Baldur's Gate 3 won many Game of the Year awards, starting with the Golden Joystick Awards, then The Game Awards, BAFTA, GDC Awards, DICE Awards, Steam Awards, New York Game Awards, and even our own Awards here at Wccftech. In fact, we're now in the second half of 2024, and the game continues to win awards. At the recent Develop: Star Awards conference that took place in Brighton, UK, Baldur's Gate 3 won several awards including best overall game, as you can read from the full list of winners.

• Best Visual Art: Alan Wake 2 - Remedy Entertainment | Epic Games
• Best Narrative: Baldur's Gate 3 | Larian Studios
• Talent Development Star: nDreams
• Best Technology Provider: Unreal Engine
• Best Creative Provider: PitStop Productions
• Best Technical Innovation: Viewfinder - Sad Owl Studios | Thunderful Publishing
• Best Audio: Alan Wake 2 - Remedy Entertainment & Epic Games
• Best Game Design: Helldivers 2 - Arrowhead Game Studios | Sony Interactive Entertainment
• Recruitment Star: Amiqus
• Best QA & Localisation: Keywords Studios
• Marketing Star: Hannah Flynn – Failbetter Games
• Diversity Star: Moo Yu – POC in Play
• Tomorrow’s Star: Amy Elliott
• Sustainability Star: Green Game Jam
• Best Creative Lead: Sam Lake – Remedy Entertainment
• Supporting Star: Game Republic
• Best Original IP: Balatro – LocalThunk | Playstack
• Best Mobile Game: Sonic Dream Team - HARDlight | SEGA
• Best Small Studio: inkle
• Publishing Star: Kepler Interactive
• Best Game: Baldur’s Gate 3 – Larian Studios
• Best Studio: Larian Studios
• The Develop Star Award: Sports Interactive

The thing is, this all got a bit too much to handle for Larian. Speaking in an interview with EDGE magazine (issue #400), CEO Swen Vincke explained that the sheer amount of ceremonies they needed to attend caused a workflow disruption:

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It affects development - there's a lot of them. This has been a real problem. We had to rotate